I have one of the 9 inch kits from Comet Miniatures and it's a small but really nice resin kit even though the parts are slightly fragile. The kit is a "re-mold" of an old unreleased kit from Airfix and it was delivered promptly after order, I had no problems dealing with the UK based Comet Miniatures.

There's also another kit availiable, this one is slightly larger and is made from vacumformed plastic with whitemetal accessories like for example a squid-shaped model stand. From the pictures I've seen this kit is not as accurate and detailed as the 9 inch kit.

I definitly agree with Bjorn on this one. this is a really nice little piece to add to any collection of Nautilus replicas,while not superbly accurate,it captures the character of the Nautilus better than any other model it's size,with a bonus...since it was remolded from the airfix injection molded kit,it is hollow,making it easy to add lighting...a great little kit..I've ordered from Comet before with no trouble either so by all means go for it herre';s the link that works for anyone that wants it...William

Comet Miniatures is like an Aladdin's cave for Sci-Fi modellers. Being a London resident, I've been to their Lavender Hill based shop a couple of times (which is only small but stocked to the rafters), and they've always got some rarity there.

I'd be very surprised if they've gone out of business, I purchased my ex-Airfix model from them- lovely little piece, unfortunately the cross sectional shape is wrong, but then I'm splitting hairs here.

I also have the vac formed/white metal kit that was produced many moons ago. I wouldn't bother with this personally, you could scratchbuild a better replica, especially with all the information on the web these days.

OOPS! I forgot to add that MONSTERS IN MOTION has this same COMET MINIATURE NAUTILUS KIT. It's CHEAPER at their site ($59.99) than the other site I previously posted (which is selling it for about $75.00). Here's the NAUTILUS webpage at Monsters In Motion: http://www.monstersinmotion.com/ships/nautilus9.html

cyberlarry7 wrote:OOPS! I forgot to add that MONSTERS IN MOTION has this same COMET MINIATURE NAUTILUS KIT. It's CHEAPER at their site ($59.99) than the other site I previously posted (which is selling it for about $75.00). Here's the NAUTILUS webpage at Monsters In Motion: http://www.monstersinmotion.com/ships/nautilus9.html

Larry Brooks

I don't recommend that kit at all. The parts don't fit right and the parts are very fragile. Save your money.

now the 1:72 scale from Monsters in motion which is out of production is a very nice resin kit. I highly recommend it.